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Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981.
May 29, 2024 · Anwar Sadat, Egyptian army officer and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. He oversaw the October War of 1973, implemented the infitah economic program, and achieved a peace treaty with Israel, for which he shared a Nobel Prize for Peace with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the 3rd President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal and taken back the Sinai Peninsula from Israel at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. [1] .
Oct 1, 2021 · Forty years after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamist terrorists, Bruce Riedel reflects upon what the statesman's murder meant for the Middle East.
Anwar el-Sādāt, (born Dec. 25, 1918, Mit Abū al-Kum, Egypt—died Oct. 6, 1981, Cairo), President of Egypt (1970–81). A graduate of the Cairo Military Academy, he joined Gamal Abdel Nasser ’s coup that deposed the monarchy in 1950 and later served as vice president (1964–66, 1969–70). He became president when Nasser died in 1970.
Apr 2, 2014 · Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician who served in the military before helping to overthrow his country's monarchy in the early 1950s. He served as vice president and later...
Jun 8, 2018 · Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) was Egypt's president from 1970 until his assassination. He launched a surprise attack on Israel in 1973, then became the first Arab leader to sign a peace treaty with Israel. He shifted from Soviet to American patronage and relaxed Egypt's internal economic and political system.
2 days ago · Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat (left), U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter (centre), and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right) clasp hands at the signing of the Camp David Accords in the White House, Washington, D.C., September 17, 1978.
Anwar el-Sadat had military training. In World War II he fought against the British dominance of Egypt and was imprisoned for several years. After the war he joined the officers who under Nasser's leadership deposed the pro-English King Farouk in 1952.
Jan 2, 1978 · January 2, 1978 12:00 AM EST. H e called it “a sacred mission,” and history may judge it so. By the trajectory of his 28-minute flight from a base in the Canal Zone to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion...
